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Patrick Moore: look at that strap-gap!

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Despite the hysterical assertions of climate grifters, CO2 is not a pollutant, but the gas of life.

M96 Through Patrick Moore's Eyes (according to Gemini)

Right, let's have a look at this celestial wonder, shall we? "Observe, if you will, the magnificent Messier 96. A veritable whirlpool of spiral arms, a cosmic Catherine wheel, swirling about its luminous core. A splendid, detailed portrait, indeed, of this island universe. Naturally, it's a spiral galaxy, and a grand one at that! Counting those fainter arms, stretching beyond the central brilliance, we find it spans a hundred thousand light-years, give or take. Quite comparable to our own Milky Way, wouldn't you say? Now, this M96, it resides some 38 million light-years distant, a dominant figure in the Leo I galaxy group. And, as you can see, the picture is positively teeming with background galaxies and smaller members of this Leo I cohort. But, the most intriguing, the most fascinating one, is that spiral galaxy, seen nearly edge-on, lurking behind an outer spiral arm, roughly at the one o'clock position. Its central bulge, so bright, yet dramatically bisected by those dark, obscuring dust clouds. A truly captivating sight! Now, it appears to be about one-fifth the size of M96. If, and this is a rather intriguing 'if', if it's comparable in actual size to M96, then, by Jove, it must be some five times further away! A truly staggering distance, wouldn't you agree? A testament to the sheer vastness of the cosmos! Marvellous!"

I do miss old Patrick, but the AI really went a little too much on the Anglicism's, I'm surprised it didn't include a Tallyho or spiffing what to add to the cheese.

Killer Comet by Patrick Moore (1923-2012). This was the fourth Scott Saunders adventure and was indeed written by the astronomer, TV presenter and Xylophone player.

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Meredith Vieira (The Wedding of River Song):

Matthew Amroliwala (The Power of Three):

Sophie Raworth (The Power of Three):

Brian Cox (The Power of Three):

Karren Brady, Alan Sugar, & Nick Hewer (The Power of Three):

Jenny Hill (In the Forest of the Night):

Davina McCall (The Church on Ruby Road):

Murray Gold (The Devil's Chord):

Johannes Radebe & Shirley Ballas (The Devil's Chord):

Amol Rajan (73 Yards):

Reeta Chakrabarti (Lucky Day):

Joel Dommett (Lucky Day):

Alex Jones (Lucky Day):

Rylan Clark (The Interstellar Song Contest):

Graham Norton (The Interstellar Song Contest):